Judge Sotomayor Should Serve as She Pledged: As a Strict Constructionist
August 6, 2009
News Releases
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action Judicial Issues Analyst Bruce Hausknecht released the following statement today in response to the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as Associate Justice of the U.S. Supreme Court:
“Judge Sotomayor’s statements during her confirmation hearings showed a marked departure from the writings, speeches and affiliations she had made over the last 30 years. At the hearings, Judge Sotomayor portrayed herself as a strict constructionist who would look to the original understanding of a constitutional provision rather than read new meanings into it, and as a supporter of Justice Scalia’s criticism of the use of foreign law to interpret our own law. She also rejected the ‘empathy’ standard by which she was supposedly selected. (more…)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action released the following statement today in reaction to Congress enacting federal “hate crimes” legislation. The statement is attributable to Federal Issues Analyst Ashley Horne:
“By voting in ‘hate crimes’ legislation under the cover of the Defense Authorization bill, Congress enacted a law that is unnecessary, unjust, constitutionally suspect, and that opens the door for religiously-based prosecutions. (more…)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action released the following statement today in reaction to Congress enacting federal “hate crimes” legislation. The statement is attributable to Federal Issues Analyst Ashley Horne: (more…)
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action released the following statement today, attributable to Judicial Analyst Bruce Hausknecht.
“With President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the country is again confronted with the question: What type of justices should sit on the Court? Americans overwhelmingly support justices who base decisions on the law and the Constitution, practice judicial restraint, and believe judges should never make policy. (more…)
Focus on the Family Action Statement on President Obama’s Nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor
May 26, 2009
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. – Focus on the Family Action released the following statement today, attributable to Judicial Analyst Bruce Hausknecht.
“With President Obama’s nomination of Judge Sonia Sotomayor to the Supreme Court, the country is again confronted with the question: What type of justices should sit on the Court? Americans overwhelmingly support justices who base decisions on the law and the Constitution, practice judicial restraint, and believe judges should never make policy. (more…)
Colorado Springs, Colo. –– Focus on the Family Action Senior Vice President Tom Minnery issued the following statement today in response to the Iowa Supreme Court’s ruling allowing same-sex marriage:
“The Iowa Supreme Court opened the door to all kinds of marriage by using logic so broad and defective that the decision could well include polygamy. This ruling tramples on the will of Iowa citizens who enacted a law defining marriage as the union of one man and one woman in 1998 to help ensure every Iowan child had a chance to be raised in a household by a married mom and a dad. (more…)
Overturning funding ban ‘bails out’ failing industry and diverts research creativity – at the cost of human life.
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Carrie Gordon Earll, senior bioethics analyst for Focus on the Family Action, issued the following statement today in response to President Obama’s overturning of the Bush policy that removed the incentive to destroy human embryos for federally funded research. (more…)
Former White House Aide Joins Focus Action
January 2, 2009
Tim Goeglein assumes role as vice president of external relations.
Colorado Springs, Colo. – Tim Goeglein, former deputy director of the White House Office of Public Liaison under President George W. Bush, has joined Focus on the Family Action in the newly created role of vice president of external relations.
Goeglein brings nearly 20 years of public-service experience to his new position. His hiring, Focus on the Family Action President and CEO Jim Daly said, signals how serious the nonprofit organization is about defending families through public policy. (more…)
